> Seems like either a huge evolutionary advantage for the people who can exploit the (sometimes hallucinating sometimes not) knowledge machine, or else a huge advantage for the people who are predisposed to avoid the attention sucking knowledge machine. The ecosystem shifted, adapt or be outcompeted.

Rather: use your time to learn serious, deep knowledge instead of wasting your time reading (and particularly: spreading) the science-fiction stories the AI bros tell all the time. These AI bros are insanely biased since they will likely loose a lot of money if these stories turn out to be false, or likely even if people stop believing in these science-fiction fairy tales.